What's the bests books in "learning in general"

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I spent the day researching books in learning

Here We talk about memorization and books In memorization, but what about learning??

I know that have language learning and all these things but I’m a person who like to read and I want in my whole life to spend 2, 3 or 4 hours a day reading

and if I create or know the best practices and things about learning, I can learn better any topic,
how can I do it you guys?? have some book recommendations about learning in general and do you know some other forums about learning?

What I want to say is learning in general, not any specific type of knowledge, is knowledge like: business, marketing, programming, health, Communication, Storytelling, economics, developing skills, And all the other topics, and how to extract the better of a book

I also know their books like Using Second Brain, Taking Smart Notes, Ultra Learning, and Make It Stick, My question is:

what are the best books for learning???

books That teach me how to extract the better of a book (And maybe forum recommendations about learning) :slight_smile:

***** It’s not about memorization, it’s about understanding

in advance, thank you for your answers

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Well, if you haven’t read Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (by Brown, RoedigerIII, & McDaniel),

I’d pick that one up first.

Superb. Those scientists cover what we’ve learned from over 100 years of research on learning.

And the book is packed with examples and immediate takeaways.

If you’ve read it, and didn’t realize that, not to be too impolite, but you should reread it. :stuck_out_tongue:

I’ve read (and have) many books on learning, and Make it Stick is the perfect example of a book that answers your particular request for “learning in general.”

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Try How To Read A Book by Mortimer J. Adler.

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Best implies one.

One tends to be the most dangerous number when it comes to many things, most especially learning.

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Thanks for the rec! I went ahead and bought it. :grin:

Maybe it mentions shoshin?

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A book that has truly inspired me around learning, and particularly improving at a high skill level is the “Art of Learning” by Joshua Waitzkin. That thinking around learning is intriguing to me. The fifth discipline by Peter Senge also taught me a lot about in the context of mental models.

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That is a great question to which I am also trying to find an answer. I for example am trying to find a method to use my mind palace more efficiently and retrieve information faster when engaged in professional face-to-face discussions.

I think there is a fine line between memorization and learning.
Most of us use memorization in school to pass exams. However, this is still referred to as learning although most of the info gets lost a few weeks after the exam.

So what is learning after all? Is it a combination of memorization and understanding of new concepts, or does it require also some practical hands-on experience on the matter?

I have gone through a few books about Suggestopedia, but they seemed to be more targeted to the teacher than the student. Anyways with the yoga etc stuff, I found it not very practical for my needs.

Although not directly about learning, my recommendation is the Einstein Factor. I find many of the techniques presented there to support my learning and memorization massively.

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Thank you, i will read this book,
I saw some people talking about it on Goodreads.com and I read around 11 pages on I think is the last chapter.

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thank you for your recommendation, i heard about this book and I watched some summaries, But right now with your recommendation, I will search more about it and maybe read it :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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Memorize it is to be capable of remembering something, for example, You can memorize the 30 principles of communication in book X, And you can say what have in these principles, perfectly, And remember everything the writer said

To understand it is to be capable of understanding deeply and beyond the words, Is to be capable of using this knowledge to communicate better to connect this knowledge with other areas like marketing, psychology, and others,

When you understand you can connect knowledge of two different areas and that is apparently disconnected but you can connect this two knowledge

and thank you for your suggestion

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Learn like a Pro by Barbara Oakley

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Rather than reading popularizations, I suggest looking at academic books, including classics like Theories of Learning by Hilgard and more recent books like Introduction to Learning and Behavior by Powell, Symbaluk, and Honey.

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This, in particular, is why I recommend “Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning”

For those who are of the academic disposition, the bibiliography is a treasure trove.

And for those who merely want the “proven” details (albeit, I’m in the camp of folks who believes things can only be “disproven”), it’s a good book with direct explanations of the studies, the methods, and clear takeaways.

The book practices what it preaches.

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